How to Use come out in favor of in a Sentence

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  • But what if the soon-to-be head of state had come out in favor of the scheme?
    Holly Thomas, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Even if the lawsuits come out in favor of Watson, the NFL still has to come down hard.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • As his party veered further to the right, Powell started to come out in favor of Democrats.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Twice in the last century, the Supreme Court has come out in favor of academic freedom.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • Leaders of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama have come out in favor of the change, which could happen by the end of the month.
    Amy Yurkanin | , al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Rob Portman is one of the three Senate Republicans who has come out in favor of the proposal.
    Laura Hancock, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022
  • But so far, the business community hasn’t come out in favor of the mayor or his opponent.
    Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2021
  • Rick Scott had come out in favor of expansion, as long as the federal government was covering the costs.
    Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Many major medical groups have come out in favor of vaccine mandates for health care workers.
    Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2021
  • As a head coach and play caller, the Browns’ Kevin Stefanski is never going to come out in favor of inexperience.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The former vice president has come out in favor of barring police chokeholds and establishing a use-of-force standard.
    Bo Erickson, CBS News, 8 June 2020
  • For the first time, a major presidential candidate had come out in favor of gun confiscation.
    Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Board members, most of whom are Republicans and work in health care, had discussed face coverings at previous meetings but did not come out in favor of a mandate.
    Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The American Academy of Sleep Medicine just came out with a support on permanent standard time, and there are a lot of different groups that have come out in favor of permanent standard time from the health standpoint.
    Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2020
  • When certain prominent ministers come out in favor of a candidate, Ward said, the public begins to take notice of that candidate.
    Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The company has come out in favor of federal legalization.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 2 June 2021
  • Britt is not the only Republican Senate candidate to come out in favor of stricter immigration policies.
    Jack Wolfsohn, National Review, 22 June 2022
  • While a handful of Senate Republicans have come out in favor of increasing stimulus checks passed as part of a coronavirus relief package that Trump signed into law Sunday evening, most are opposed.
    Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Liberal activists have urged the president to come out in favor of eliminating the filibuster to pass the bill, arguing that doing so would put pressure on Democratic lawmakers to support the effort.
    Sabrina Siddiqui, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
  • For now, the staggering uncertainty has prompted Fed officials to come out in favor of further slowing — but not stopping — their interest rate increases at their Jan. 31-Feb. 1 meeting.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023

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